diff --git a/create_tarball.sh b/create_tarball.sh
index a61a312eb1fb5734fde7d7c271c5ce9bd7a886f5..503cf7b7c2fb908eb7647e45046f3a90715c90e4 100755
--- a/create_tarball.sh
+++ b/create_tarball.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ cp -r src/gributils $tarball_tmp/src
 cp src/makefile $tarball_tmp/src
 echo ---------------------------------------------------------
 
+cp LICENSE $tarball_tmp/LICENSE_GPLv3
+cp src/flexpart_license.txt  $tarball_tmp/src
+
 echo
 
 # options dir